MEASURE FOR MEASURE (PAPERBACK, 2ND REVISED EDITION) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by-line commentaries and textual notes on the plays and poems. Introductions are regularly refreshed with accounts of new critical, stage and screen interpretations. For this second edition of Measure for Measure Angela Stock has written a new introductory section that takes account of recent scholarly criticism and important contemporary productions on stage and film. The edition retains the text prepared by Brian Gibbons together with his comprehensive introduction, in which he shows how the play's critical reception and stage history varies from one period to the next according to the prevailing social, moral and religious issues of the day. Gibbons explores the thrilling experience of watching the play in performance, with its shocking reversals and surprises, great tragic poetry and exuberant comic prose. An updated reading list completes the edition. Features Summary A second edition of Measure for Measure, featuring a new introductory section by Angela Stock. Author William Shakespeare (Author), Brian Gibbons (Editor), Angela Stock Publisher Cambridge University Press Release date 20060706 Pages 221 ISBN 0-521-67078-0 ISBN 13 978-0-521-67078-4